That Other War: Drugs in Our Cities

Published: October 21, 2002

To the Editor:

I was deeply saddened by the tale of a true heroine.

You report (front page, Oct. 18) that Angela Dawson, along with five of her children, was killed by a drug pusher who set their home on fire because of Mrs. Dawson's work fighting crime and tipping off the police.

Mrs. Dawson was not just a ''neighborhood crusader'' against drugs. She should be known as a person who pointed the way to safety, regardless of danger.

People can consider her a valiant American and a role model of what we can and should be as citizens.